I love thinking about Greed’s avarice and how that reflects on Father (and also Greed!)
When you look back in the series, all the way back to Hohenheim and the Dwarf in the flask, one of the things Hohenheim thanks the Dwarf for is his status. Not because of money and power, but because now he’s seen as a human being and that he can maybe have a family someday. The dwarf in the flask analyzes that Hohenheim only wants a family because of social culture. Hohenheim somewhat agrees, but adds that families are a huge factor in human happiness.
Later, when the dwarf in the flask has become human, he fashions himself a family. He removes the “imperfect” parts of himself. His pride, gluttony, lust, greed, envy, wrath, sloth. He has them play house and be the pieces in his game of perfection and power.
But all of his “children”— all of the homunculi— want what Father wants. And no one wants what Father wants more than Greed.
It can be assumed what father desperately wanted was a family. Is it any surprise this is what Greed wants too? Why he gathers underdogs, why he makes a home in a shabby washed out bar, why he admires Ling and Ed. He masks it with wanting power and women and money and sex but under all of that, what Greed craves is a family. Because that, to us humans, is everything you could ever want.
the concept of the Devil’s Nest being an underground bar for the underworld in the 1910s is so funny to me, specifically because of the music that was popular and considered trash they would all 100% listen to.
- he can’t change physically due to his healing factor. Like he can’t cut his hair, get tattoos/piercings, loose or gain weight/muscle, get any taller, cut his nails, etc. and this frustrates the heck out of him. The only thing he can really choose is how he dresses.
- which is why he shows off his tattoo to everyone and doesn’t expect them to know what it means lol
- devil’s nest gang makes fun of him for his shoes all the time
- he’s always open to try something knew! Food, clothes, culture, etc! He’s Greed and he wants to try everything
- he picks favorites! He has a favorite food, favorite style, favorite people, favorite music
- BIG JAZZ FAN
- THIS MAN CAN SING
- terrible dancer
- his business in Dublith is 100% legit
- he loves doing paperwork, especially when it involves money
- his secret of being a homunculus is pretty well kept. Only his “higher in command” chimeras knew (before telling Ed and Al, and that was because he wanted something in return). Most people assume he’s a chimera or a weirdo alchemist.
- to protect his gang, they go by codenames! (Dolcetto, Martel, Bido, Roa…) Greed has his own name he goes by in the underworld (probably like Boss or Avaricalicious or smth idk).
- leaving Father wasn’t an impulsive decision, it took a few months of planning. Mostly by gathering money and other resources by claiming he just… wanted them. He is Greed, after all.
- ran away from Father by legit just leaving the country
- has explored A LOT of the world! Mostly overseas. I could argue that he picked up some words from other languages (mostly food and dirty talk lol). He’s able to adjust pretty easily to different cultures. He LOVES people and connecting with them.
- he’s an idiot. Father kept his desire for knowledge to himself and Greed didn’t get ANY of that. Born with the ability to count and read and that’s IT
- took 150 years to learn how to spell 💔
- he’s pretty smart! He knows how to hide and be cautious, and when to negotiate and when to use force. Most of this is from past experience. He’s really good at influencing the situation to have him get what he wants (for the most part. Didn’t work out w Al and Ed).)
- HAS PRETTY PRIVILEGE LOLLL. And a lot of natural charisma! There’s something about him thats makes you want to give him what he wants.
- has 100% fallen in love and is super clingy (unfortunately, not a lot of people think they can build a future with an immortal sterile homunculus monster).
- he doesn’t steal, but makes an exception when abuse or neglect is involved.
- 100% “stole” the chimeras. (If you can’t take care of what’s yours, then you don’t deserve to have it.)
- if you give him something, he will keep it forever
Okay, some negative ones
- says whats on his mind ALL THE TIME which makes him sound like a douche. (What? I’m just being honest.)
- people are like objects to him. They are things to observe and collect. This is especially true about women.
- has some pretty sexiest opinions about women. Slowly changing his mind due to experiences he’s had outside of Father’s control, Martel, and other female members of his gang. He’s super protective of his girls,
- when he gets angry he gets angry. Destroys stuff, yelling and screaming, rampaging. He only gets angry when someone messes with his most prized possessions (usually people).
- killing doesn’t bother him. He cares a bit more than the average homunculus, but if you’re stupid enough to piss him off… oh well
- has a love/hate relationship with his ultimate shield. He loves the protection it gives him, but he hates the way it makes his face look. He knows it makes him look monstrous and “ugly”. (This leads to him only using it when there’s an actual threat, which usually means some gory killing. The chimeras say they don’t care… but he can’t ignore those looks…)
